If there is a sure-fire way to get opinions flying and tempers simmering up to a boil, it’s the discussion of street racing. Some have great memories of stoplight drags and the quiet street in the middle of nowhere with a few friends while others only see things like the Chatsworth, California crash and spectators lining the entire length of the strip on both sides in a nightmare scenario should anything go wrong. But with tracks under pressure from those fun NIMBY (“Not in MY backyard!”) groups, noise complaints and the ever-present developer who can’t understand why anybody would want a dragstrip in place of a beautiful warehouse building, sometimes the strip isn’t the answer. And that’s before we get into the opinions of those who feel that the street is the only appropriate place to prove a street car’s worth. We can go on for days on the subject on any side. You readers have proven to be able to go even longer on the subject.

The compromise that we’ve seen several towns take is the street-legal drag scene. A strip of road is designated as the racing venue, safety precautions are put in, crowds are monitored, and fun is had by plenty. Hartshorne, Oklahoma is two and a half hours away from Thunder Valley Raceway Park and three hours from Coffeyville, Kansas, the site of the Coffeyville Street Drags, and they’ve been taking notes on how to put on their own street-legal drag scene. Check out what rolled up to the line in this video shot by the folks at Urban Hillbilly!